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Richard "Billy" Vaughn (April 12, 1919 - September 26, 1991) was a singer, multi-instrumentalist, and orchestra leader. Events 467 - Anthemius is elevated to Emperor of the Western Roman Empire. Year 1919 ( MCMXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 46 BC - Julius Caesar dedicates a Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. A multi-instrumentalist is a Musician who plays a number of different instruments The Bachelor of Music degree usually requires a second instrument An orchestra is an instrumental ensemble, usually fairly large with string brass woodwind sections and possibly a percussion section as well

He was born in Glasgow, Kentucky, where his father was a barber who loved music and inspired Billy to teach himself to play the mandolin at age 3, while suffering a case of the measles. Glasgow is a city in and the County seat of Barren County, Kentucky, United States. A barber (from the Latin barba, " Beard " is someone whose occupation is to cut any type of hair give shaves, and trim A mandolin is a musical instrument in the Lute family (plucked or strummed Measles (rubeola is a Disease caused by a virus specifically a Paramyxovirus of the genus Morbillivirus. He went on to learn a number of other instruments.

In 1941 Vaughn joined the United States National Guard for what had been planned as a one-year assignment, but when World War II broke out, he was sent abroad till the war ended in 1945. Year 1941 ( MCMXLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (the link will display 1941 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. For the National Guard of a State and other countries' National Guard see National Guard. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar He decided to make music a career when he was discharged from the army at the end of the war, and attended Western Kentucky State College, now known as Western Kentucky University, majoring in music composition. Music is an Art form in which the medium is Sound organized in Time. Western Kentucky University ( WKU) is a public university in Bowling Green Kentucky, USA Musical composition is an original piece of Music the structure of a musical piece the process of creating a new He had apparently learned barbering from his father, because he did some while studying at Western Kentucky to support himself financially, when he was not able to get jobs playing the piano at local night clubs and lounges. While he was a student there, three other students, Jimmy Sacca, Donald McGuire, and Seymour Spiegelman, who had formed a vocal trio, The Hilltoppers, recruited Vaughn to play the piano with them. The Hilltoppers were an American popular Singing group Originally the group was a trio formed at Western Kentucky State College (now Western Kentucky He soon added his voice to theirs, converting the trio to a quartet. As a member of the group, he also wrote their first hit song, Trying, which charted in 1952. Events Pierre Schaeffer publishes his A la recherche d'une musique concrète (The Search for a Concrete Music, an explanation of his experimental

In 1954 he left the group to join Dot Records in Gallatin, Tennessee as music director. Events Frank Sinatra wins the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in From Here to Eternity, 1953 resuscitating his singing Dot Records was an American Record label and company that was active between 1950 and 1977. Gallatin is a city located on a navigable tributary of the Cumberland River in Sumner County, Tennessee, United States. He subsequently formed his own orchestra, which had a big hit in that same year with "Melody of Love. See also My Melody of Love, a pop single by Bobby Vinton " Melody of Love " is a popular Song. " He went on to have many more hits over the next decade and a half, and based purely on chart successes, was the most successful orchestra leader of all time.

Vaughn died of cancer in Palomar, California on September 26, 1991. Events 46 BC - Julius Caesar dedicates a Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. He was 72 years old.

Hit songs

(For hit songs charted by Billy Vaughn as a member of The Hilltoppers, see the article on that group. The Hilltoppers were an American popular Singing group Originally the group was a trio formed at Western Kentucky State College (now Western Kentucky )

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